From oeconomia to Nordic Welfare Societies: The Idea of a Third-Zone Lutheranism

In the Nordic countries, Martin Luther's doctrine of the three estates (ecclesia, oeconomia, politia) has significantly shaped social imaginaries about what makes a society workable and proficient for its citizens. While already Luther used the idea of the household (oeconomia) as a third zone...

全面介紹

Saved in:  
書目詳細資料
發表在:Theology today
主要作者: Gregersen, Niels Henrik 1956- (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
載入...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
出版: Sage Publ. [2019]
In: Theology today
Year: 2019, 卷: 76, 發布: 3, Pages: 224-232
IxTheo Classification:KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
KDD Protestant Church
NCC Social ethics
Further subjects:B three-estate doctrine
B oeconomia
B Martin Luther
B Protestant social ethics
B Johannes Bugenhagen
B Nordic welfare state
在線閱讀: Volltext (Resolving-System)
實物特徵
總結:In the Nordic countries, Martin Luther's doctrine of the three estates (ecclesia, oeconomia, politia) has significantly shaped social imaginaries about what makes a society workable and proficient for its citizens. While already Luther used the idea of the household (oeconomia) as a third zone between civil government (politia) and church (ecclesia), Danish-Norwegian receptions of Luther's concept of oeconomia emphasized the mutual obligations between superiors and subordinates. Arguably, the parental expectation to the worldly government in early Nordic Lutheranism—together with the institutionalization of school education, public healthcare, and care for the poor—constitute a background condition for the emergence of Nordic welfare states in the twentieth century.
ISSN:2044-2556
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology today
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0040573619859013